Member of Parliament
Matt Western
Member since
08 Jun 2017
Bills sponsored
3
Speeches (30d)
14
Speeches (all)
1,440
Written questions
90
Last spoke
27 Apr 2026
Recent contributions (1,440)
HANSARD Subsea Telecommunications Cables: Resilience and Crisis PreparednessI thank the right hon. Gentleman for his service on the Committee over so many years, which was hugely valued, and his point is absolutely fair. I have not seen the specific…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Subsea Telecommunications Cables: Resilience and Crisis PreparednessThe hon. Gentleman makes a very good point, and it is absolutely true. We did not specifically look at the situation in Ireland. We will be doing further work on this in the…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Subsea Telecommunications Cables: Resilience and Crisis PreparednessI thank my hon. Friend for serving on the Committee and for the work he is doing in chairing the Defence Committee, and he is absolutely right. There are several elements to this.…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Subsea Telecommunications Cables: Resilience and Crisis PreparednessI thank the hon. Gentleman, and I will keep my comments brief. I absolutely agree that the legal side of this urgently needs to be addressed, and I understand from the Government…08 Jan 2026HANSARD Subsea Telecommunications Cables: Resilience and Crisis PreparednessVarious organisations that have been established have interests in this area. Of course, much of this is in the private sector. The Committee is concerned about how much of it is…08 Jan 2026
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